Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
First, I have a question. I’m limiting it to one question otherwise this could quickly turn into a rant – at overly zealous, overly cute and overly faddish foodies. The question is this: Why put {Gluten-Free} on food that, so very obviously, doesn’t contain gluten? And why does it have to be in curly brackets? … Continue reading…
After almost 5 months of winter squashes it’s a treat to have other vegetables. Any and all other vegetables, but I particularly like those from the cabbage family.. Adding bacon just makes it better. This isn’t a pretty, bright green broccoli but it’s a very tasty broccoli – even for broccoli haters. The bacon and … Continue reading…
I like chestnuts. I love chestnuts when I’m walking through a Christmas market in late December with a light snow falling, holding onto a cone of hot, freshly roasted chestnuts…. Peeling and nibbling as we stroll past the stalls. I like them a lot when I’m roasting them in my fireplace, in front of the … Continue reading…
I got the idea for this recipe in an old Bon Appétit cook book. It was called 'Zucchini Pizza'. I don't like that name…. My reasons follow the recipe. As to the recipe….. It was good, delicious, actually. We had it as a first course and it was just right for that. It was classified … Continue reading…
If you pay any attention at all to cooking shows, food blogs, Twitter or Facebook you know that there are people in the world that are, shall we say, somewhat fanatical about bacon. I’ve seen bacon added to bread, vegetables, salads and pasta dishes…. All of which I do. I’ve seen it added to cookies, … Continue reading…
Rumor has it that there’s a Big Game this weekend. To be honest, I had to Google ‘Super Bowl’ to be sure. It doesn’t have much of a following here. It is broadcast here, live on some channels, but it starts after midnight, on a Sunday night. You can see why parties aren’t really big. … Continue reading…
While I take a break visiting family, step back with me in time to 3 years ago, when we were homeless, to the beginning of this project…. And all of our frustrations: I'm not quite sure how to say this…. But our chimneys don't go all the way to the top. We've gone from four … Continue reading…